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John Lindsay Pyke and Florence Belle Durdle married on 19 November 1947 at New Waterford, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006288

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476288

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village New Waterford

  Street or Road Calvin Manse, Smith St., New Waterford, Nova Scotia


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Pyke, John Lindsay

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Timekeeper   4. Kind of industry or business Road Construction

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 38   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 19 MacKeen St., Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Newfoundland

12. Name of father Reuben Pyke

13. Maiden name of mother Leah Bessie Matthews

14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Durdle, Florence Belle

16. Trade, profession of kind of work   17. Kind of industry or business At Home

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 28   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence County Road, New Waterford, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Newfoundland

25. Name of father George Arthur Durdle

26. Maiden name of mother Melena Beatrice Thorne ?

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


28. Date of marriage November 19 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89039


32. Signature of

Groom John Lindsay Pyke

Bride   Florence Belle Durdle

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Katie Dickson

Address   New Waterford, Nova Scotia

Name Leonard Durdle

Address   New Waterford, Nova Scotia

I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Officiating Clergyman Malcolm A. MacMillan

Address New Waterford, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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